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Family Separation Crisis
Therese Okoumou poses for pictures and rallies with supporters before her sentencing in New York, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Okoumou was convicted of trespassing and other offenses after she climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Therese Okoumou poses for pictures and rallies with supporters before her sentencing in New York, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Okoumou was convicted of trespassing and other offenses after she climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Statue Of Liberty Protester Against Family Separations Gets Probation
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS
03.19.19 | 2:07 pm
FEDERAL COURT HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/03/01: Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty in protest of the Trump administration's immigration policy, today appeared in court after her arrest in Austin, Texas last month where she climbed on a building which houses immigrant children separated from their parents. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ruled that Okoumou has to wear an ankle monitor and also ordered home detention until her sentencing date on March 19. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) FEDERAL COURT HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/03/01: Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty in protest of the Trump administration's immigration policy, today appeared in court after her arrest in Austin, Texas last month where she climbed on a building which houses immigrant children separated from their parents. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ruled that Okoumou has to wear an ankle monitor and also ordered home detention until her sentencing date on March 19. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Federal Judge Expands Ruling, Orders All Children Separated After July 2017 Be Reunited
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
03.09.19 | 9:22 am
DOJ Lawyers Contradicted Nielsen On Family Separations Within Hours Of Her Testimony
By Matt Shuham
03.07.19 | 1:41 pm
on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas. on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas.
Grassley, Feinstein Demand Probe Into Sexual Abuse At Migrant Youth Shelters
By Michael Grabell ProPublica and Topher Sanders ProPublica
03.07.19 | 9:53 am
Kirstjen Nielsen Finally (Mostly) Admitted That She Carried Out A Family Separation Policy Prime Badge
By Matt Shuham
03.06.19 | 6:22 pm
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) speaks on November 12, 2018, at the Broward Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla. Deutch has been tabbed to lead the House Ethics panel in the 116th Congress. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/TNS) U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) speaks on November 12, 2018, at the Broward Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla. Deutch has been tabbed to lead the House Ethics panel in the 116th Congress. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/TNS)
HHS Demands Deutch Apologize For Public Remarks On Abuse Of Migrant Kids
By Nicole LaFond
03.01.19 | 8:24 am
Dem Rep, Trump Official Spar Over Alleged Sex Assaults Of Migrant Kids In Gov’t Care
By Matt Shuham
02.26.19 | 1:03 pm
Josh Rubin demonstrates in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Josh Rubin demonstrates in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
House Dems Vote To Subpoena Trump Admin Officials Over Family Separations
By COLLEEN LONG
02.26.19 | 10:41 am
Josh Rubin demonstrates in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Josh Rubin demonstrates in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
House Dems Voting To Approve Subpoenas Over Family Separation Policy
By COLLEEN LONG
02.26.19 | 7:32 am
Advocates Say US Still Separates Migrant Families Needlessly
By NOMAAN MERCHANT
02.21.19 | 7:10 am
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